Display mount



May 6, 1 958 S. L. GOLDMAN DISPLAY MOUNT Filed Jan. 22, 1954 SANFORD LTTORNE Y United States. Pater1t 0 l DISPLAY MOUNT Sanford L. Goldman,Long Beach, N. Y.

Application January 22, 1954, Serial No. 405,563

1 Claim. (Cl. l0-152.1)

This invention relates to improvements in portable display stands oreasels having a transparent plastic cover, and more particularly to acollapsible display stand or easel.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved, simple andinexpensive type of collapsible display mount or stand having fixedlyattached thereto a flexible transparent cover which is movable at oneend to enable the insertion of a display sheet.

Another object is to provide a simplified completely collapsible displaymount having a front section made from cardboard covered by a thin sheetof paper, and having tapered cardboard side support sections which areattached to the front section solely by the thin paper covering.

An advantage ofthe portable display stand or mount of the invention overknown types of mounts is that the tapered side support sections arecompletely detached from the front section except for theinterconnecting thin paper cover sheet, thus enabling completecollapsing of the inount when not in use or when transported, with atotal absence of any tendency for the side sections to open. The displaystand thus occupies a minimum of space in the knocked-down condition.The use of a flexible transparent plastic cover plate over the frontsection, secured at the top to the rear of the front section, and havinga bottom tab or ap foldable over the bottom edge of the front sectionand removably engaged therefrom, enables a display sheet to be easilyand simply inserted between the transparent cover plate and the frontsection.

A more detailed description of the invention follows, in conjunctionwith a drawing wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the collapsible display stand of theinvention seen from the front in the opened condition;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the display stand in the collapsed orknocked-down condition;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear of the display stand whenopened;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the display stand taken along the line4--4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View of the display stand illustrating themanner in which the tapered side support sections are attached to thefront section.

Throughout the figures of the drawing, the same parts are represented bythe same reference numerals.

Referring to the drawing in more detail, the collapsible display mountof the invention comprises a front section and a pair of tapered sidesupport sections 12, 12 of substantially the same thickness. Each of thethree sections includes a rigid stitfener such as heavy cardboard 11covered by a thin paper sheet somewhat in the manner illustrated in Fig.4, except for the fact that Fig. 4 illustrates, in addition, a ilexibletransparent cover plate fortbe front section 10 which is lacking for thetapered side support sections.

The tapered side support sections 12, 12 are foldable over the rear ofthe front section 1,0 along the vertical hinge lines 16, vand areattached to the front section by means of a thin paper sheet 17 whichextends 'completely over the front of the front and side sections and isfolded over the edges of these sections and cemented to the rear thereofat 18, as shown in Fig. 5. The spacing of the adjacent edges of the sidesupport and front sections at the hinge lines 16 as shown in Fig. 5, isat least as wide as the width of the cardboard stitfeners thus enablingthe side sections 12 to hug the rear of the 'ont section 10 in thecollapsed condition of the display stand with absolutely no tendency toopen up; hence causing the display stand to occupy a minimum of spacewhen not in rise.

The top portion of each side section 12 is smaller in area than thebottom portion and both taper toward each other. There is a wide bottomedge for the side support sections upon which the stand rests.

Attached to the top of the display stand is the transparent flexiblecover sheet or plate 20 which is made of acetate or any suitable plasticof crystal clear transparency. The transparent cover sheet has hook orfolded tab portions 22 and 24 respectively which fold over the top andbottom edges of the front section 10. The top hook portion 22 issecurely cemented to the rear of the front section 10. The bottom hookor tab portion 24 is smaller than the tab portion 22 and folds over thebottom edge of the front section in snug fashion to retain any pictureor display sheet positioned between the transparent cover and the frontsection 10. The hook or tab portion 24 is not attached to the frontsection and acts as a ap, which though relatively firm, is freelyremovable from around the bottom of the display mount in response todownward pressure of the ngers on the horizontal edge of the tab 24. Toremove or insert a display sheet, the bottom hook portion 24 of thetransparent cover 20 is freed from the bottom edge of the display mountand then lifted slightly as shown in Fig. 1 to enable the display sheetto be positioned between the ilexible transparent cover and the face ofthe front section.

In one embodiment of the invention being used, and given by way ofexample only, the front section is 91/2" by l2", the top edge of thetapered s'ide section is 1% and the bottom edge is 3", the upper hook ortab of the transparent cover is 3 long While the lower hook or tab is 1%long.

What is claimed is:

A collapsible display mount comprising a front rectangular section andtwo tapering side support sections, each of said side sectionsincreasing in taper from the top to the bottom, all of said sectionseach including a rigid stiifener, a thin paper sheet extending over bothsaid front and side sections to constitute hinges for said sections, theedges of said side sections being spaced from the adjacent edges of saidfront section by at least the thickness of said stiffener, whereby saidside sections are freely foldable over the rear of said front section tocollapse said display mount, a transparent plastic cover sheet havinghooked or folded ends at the top and bottom thereof, the top hooked endof said transparent cover folding over said front section and beingcemented to the top rear part only of said front section, the rest ofsaid cover sheet including the entire front thereof being free to bedrawn away from the front section, said bottom hooked end of thetransparent cover folding freely over and being removably engaged fromthe lower edge of said front section to form4 a ap.

(References on following page) References Cited in the le of this patentUNITED STATES PATENTS Kristofek July 31, 1923 Hurst July 1, 1924 5Helmquest Nov. 18, 1924 Melind June 21, 1932 Falkof Aug. 28, 1934 4 BeanFeb. 12, 1935 Andersun Jan. 3; 1939' Ford June 15, 1948 Goldman Sept. 6,1949 Ericson Oct. 14, 1952 Goldman Oct. 21, 1952 Hessdoerfer Mar. 10,1953 Nichols Ian. 4, 1955

